Kames, Argyll

Human settlement in Scotland

List of places: UK; Scotland

55°53′25″N 5°14′41″W / 55.890202°N 5.2446110°W / 55.890202; -5.2446110

Kames (Scottish Gaelic: Camas nam Muclach^{[citation needed]}) is a small village on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the shore of the west arm of the Kyles of Bute.^[1]

Kames is now part of a continuous coastal strip of housing that joins onto Tighnabruaich. Kames has a grocery shop (containing a post office, and relaunched under new management as the "Kames Village Store" in late 2016), a church and a hotel.^[2]

The Kames Hotel has views over the west arm of the Kyles of Bute.^[3]

History

Between 1839 and 1921 the village was involved in the transit of gunpowder that was made in the nearby inland settlement of Millhouse. The gunpowder plant owners built a pier and quay for the transport of their products.^[4]

Sport and leisure

National Cycle Route 75

Kames is on the NCR75 a route from Edinburgh to Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula.^[5] The National Cycle Network is maintained by Sustrans.^[6]

Kyles of Bute golf club

The Kyles of Bute golf club is located above Kames and was founded in 1907. It is a nine-hole course and has no bunkers, as the terrain provides enough hazards on the course.^[7]

Transportation

The village is served by the 478 Dunoon–Portavadie bus, operated by West Coast Motors.^[8]

Notable people

The artist Hamilton Macallum (1841–1896) was born in Kames.

Gallery

Kames foreshore
Tighnabruaich and Kames Fire Station
Kames pier

References

^ "Kames, Argyll and Bute". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
^ "Kamess Village Store".
^ "Kames Hotel".
^ "Millhouse, Kames Gunpowder Works | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
^ "National Cycle Network routes in Glasgow and the West". Sustrans.
^ https://www.sustrans.org.uk/about-us//
^ "Kyles of Bute Golf Club". scottishgolfcourses.com.
^ "SCOTLAND'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE". keybuses.com. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.